Unfolding Destiny

Shoghi Effendi

Heard of the Faith at the first public meeting organised by the
Oxford Spiritual Assembly in 1949 and accepted it shortly
afterwards. He was elected to the National Assembly in January
1955 and was a member until Riḍván 1961, serving as Secretary
from January 1960 to January 1961. In 1956 he pioneered to
Edinburgh for two and a half years, and was appointed to the
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Auxiliary Board for the Propagation of the Faith in November
1957. He was elected to the International Bahá’í Council at
Riḍván 1961, and to the Universal House of Justice in 1963.